Caption: Book - Pictorial Guide to College of Engineering (1919)
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» .iK^^v^^^^i^i^w^^,' "}' THE RAILWAY TEST CAR IN USE THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY TEST CAR T H I S car, owned by the Railway Engineering Department, is used for instruction and research. In it are two machines which make continuous graphical records of all the data needed for tests of power consumption, rail bonds, etc. By the courtesy of the Illinois Traction System and the Kankakee and Urbana Traction Co. this car is operated on their lines. T H I S car is being used in making tonnage rating and locomotive tests. The front end of the locomotive is arranged for taking indicator cards. This car is usually operated on the Illinois Central Railroad, but on numerous occasions it has been used on other roads. It is here shown on the Chicago Great Western Railroad. Road tests of a locomotive can be made in a more thorough and satisfactory manner when a dynamometer car is used. '"jfiMMS^t^ XML'<* •. DROP TESTING MACHINE THE RAILWAY TEST CAR T H I S dynamometer car is owned jointly by the Railway Engineering Department and the Illinois Central Railroad, and is used in instruction and research. The apparatus within it makes fifteen continuous graphical records of locomotive draw-bar pull, speed, time, and other data needed in making train resistance, tonnage rating, and locomotive tests. D E P A R T M E N T OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING T H E 1640-pound weight drops from various heights upon a steel rail, car coupler, axle, draft gear, or other piece of equipment for the purpose of determining the strength of the material. Tests may be planned to simulate severe service conditions such as result in destruction of equipment. THE LOCOMOTIVE AND LABORATORY THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY TEST CAR A LOCOMOTIVE is shown entering the laboratory for a series of tests. DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING
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